Rodrigo Braga
@rodbraga.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Northwestern University, neuroscience, brain imaging, networks
3 funding rejections in a week 🙃
January 28, 2026 at 7:23 PM
3 funding rejections in a week 🙃
My review with @caterinagratton.bsky.social is (apparently) open access for those who couldn't see it before:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences
Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
www.annualreviews.org
January 22, 2026 at 2:58 PM
My review with @caterinagratton.bsky.social is (apparently) open access for those who couldn't see it before:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
We discuss individual differences in brain network organization and how to home in on and talk about commonalities in the face of such differences
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going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience
Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books
www.amazon.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:54 PM
going through months of figure edits feels worth it when one ends up on a text book cover! thanks to @bradpostle.bsky.social and @rodbraga.bsky.social
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience
Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books
www.amazon.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !
And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !
www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
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** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! **
We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy!
Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy!
Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
Research Associate in Psychology
The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia invites applications for a postdoctoral research associate position to work in the DiNicola Lab. The DiNicola lab uses a precision neuroscien...
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:54 PM
** Recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher! **
We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy!
Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
We are seeking a postdoc to help examine how brain networks might change within individuals across transitional times, such as adolescence & pregnancy!
Please share widely and apply at the link! #NeuroJobs
uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UVAJobs/job/...
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Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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I worked with Jonny for 5 years during my formative years as a scientist. He influenced how I see life deeply. Although I won't hear him explain things to me again, his words and kindness will live through those whom he inspired. We were so lucky to have him in our lives. We miss you a lot, Jonny.
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I worked with Jonny for 5 years during my formative years as a scientist. He influenced how I see life deeply. Although I won't hear him explain things to me again, his words and kindness will live through those whom he inspired. We were so lucky to have him in our lives. We miss you a lot, Jonny.
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I was so lucky to have Jonny as my PhD supervisor. He was a one-of-a-kind scientist and person. He continues to be an inspiration to me and I will always be guided by the way he thought about science and life. He built an amazing network of wonderful people and we all miss you, Jonny.
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I was so lucky to have Jonny as my PhD supervisor. He was a one-of-a-kind scientist and person. He continues to be an inspiration to me and I will always be guided by the way he thought about science and life. He built an amazing network of wonderful people and we all miss you, Jonny.
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Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
Obituary – Jonathan Smallwood
www.cbs.mpg.de
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social was a beloved friend and mentor. He was taken from us too soon. His was a beautiful mind who understood the beauty of minds. As ever before, his kind voice guides me and his work will continue. We miss you Jonny. www.cbs.mpg.de/news/obituar...
How can the "default network" support many forms of introspective thought?
Our new review argues these functions rely on distinct MTL connections:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @denizvatansever.bsky.social & Jess Andrews-Hanna for the invitation to this Special Issue!
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Our new review argues these functions rely on distinct MTL connections:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @denizvatansever.bsky.social & Jess Andrews-Hanna for the invitation to this Special Issue!
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The canonical default network comprises parallel distributed networks with distinct medial temporal lobe connections
The default network (DN) is associated with a variety of introspective cognitive processes. Recent developments support that the ‘canonical’ DN compri…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:51 PM
How can the "default network" support many forms of introspective thought?
Our new review argues these functions rely on distinct MTL connections:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @denizvatansever.bsky.social & Jess Andrews-Hanna for the invitation to this Special Issue!
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Our new review argues these functions rely on distinct MTL connections:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Thanks to @denizvatansever.bsky.social & Jess Andrews-Hanna for the invitation to this Special Issue!
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Thank you @caterinagratton.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this! Fascinating to dive into the causes and consequences of individual differences in brain organization.
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Thank you @caterinagratton.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this! Fascinating to dive into the causes and consequences of individual differences in brain organization.
Reposted by Rodrigo Braga
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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Dense Phenotyping of Human Brain Network Organization Using Precision fMRI
The advent of noninvasive imaging methods like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) transformed cognitive neuroscience, providing insights into large-scale brain networks and their link to cog...
go.illinois.edu
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Why do brain networks vary? Do these differences shape behavior? If every 🧠 is unique, how can we detect common features of brain organization?
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
🧵👇
@rodbraga.bsky.social and I dig in, in @annualreviews.bsky.social (ahead of print):
go.illinois.edu/Gratton2025-...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #MedSky
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📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
📣 New preprint from the Braga Lab! 📣
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
The ventral visual stream for reading converges on the transmodal language network
Congrats to Dr. Joe Salvo for this epic set of results
Big Q: What brain systems support the translation of writing to concepts and meaning?
Thread 🧵 ⬇️
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Amazing resource ⚡️ 🧠
Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Amazing resource ⚡️ 🧠
Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Single-neuron datasets for linguistic and semantic processing in the human amygdala and hippocampus
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Our target discussion article out in Cognitive Neuroscience! It will be followed by peer commentary and our responses. If you would like to write a commentary, please reach out to the journal! 1/18 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cibaker.bsky.social @susanwardle.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Our target discussion article out in Cognitive Neuroscience! It will be followed by peer commentary and our responses. If you would like to write a commentary, please reach out to the journal! 1/18 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cibaker.bsky.social @susanwardle.bsky.social
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
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Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
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Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
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August 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨 New Preprint 🚨
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
Targeting intracranial electrical stimulation (ES) to network regions defined within individuals causes network-level effects
By Cyr et al.
***
Q: Can we use individualized network maps from precision fMRI to modulate a targeted network via intracranial ES?
A: Yes!
🧵:
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Ireland launches global talent fund! www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!
If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!
July 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Ireland launches global talent fund! www.researchireland.ie/funding/glob...
If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!
If you're a neuroscience professor (assistant/associate/full) and would consider relocating to the vibrant and booming city of Dublin, please get in touch!
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This new Yeo Lab tool should immediately and permanently replace sample-size-only power calculations for functional MRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 17, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This new Yeo Lab tool should immediately and permanently replace sample-size-only power calculations for functional MRI.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And thus heralds the end of the Marek Panic Era
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1/11 Excited to share our @Naturestudy led by @leonooi.bsky.social @csabaorban.bsky.social @shaoshiz.bsky.social
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
AI performance is known to scale with logarithm of sample size (Kaplan 2020), but in many domains, sample size can be # participants or # measurements...
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And thus heralds the end of the Marek Panic Era
👑 ☀️ 🌈
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8/ In contrast to standard power calculations, our results suggest that jointly optimizing sample size and scan time can boost prediction accuracy while cutting costs. For more complex study design, you can check out our calculator: thomasyeolab.github.io/OptimalScanT...
July 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
8/ In contrast to standard power calculations, our results suggest that jointly optimizing sample size and scan time can boost prediction accuracy while cutting costs. For more complex study design, you can check out our calculator: thomasyeolab.github.io/OptimalScanT...
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Check out Zaid's open "Podcast" ECoG dataset for natural language comprehension (w/ Hasson Lab). The paper is now out at Scientific Data (nature.com/articles/s41...) and the data are available on OpenNeuro (openneuro.org/datasets/ds0...).
July 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Check out Zaid's open "Podcast" ECoG dataset for natural language comprehension (w/ Hasson Lab). The paper is now out at Scientific Data (nature.com/articles/s41...) and the data are available on OpenNeuro (openneuro.org/datasets/ds0...).
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Searching for a postdoc to work on 2 newly NIH-funded projects using intracranial EEG with TMS and direct electrical stimulation to investigate hippocampal networks supporting episodic memory. Research Scientist could also work for post-post-doc candidates. Plz spread!
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
June 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Searching for a postdoc to work on 2 newly NIH-funded projects using intracranial EEG with TMS and direct electrical stimulation to investigate hippocampal networks supporting episodic memory. Research Scientist could also work for post-post-doc candidates. Plz spread!
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
cnoir.bsd.uchicago.edu/join/
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👀 The whole brain 7T "natural scenes dataset" now has mental imagery data!
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
CVPR Poster NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental ImageryCVPR 2025
cvpr.thecvf.com
June 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
👀 The whole brain 7T "natural scenes dataset" now has mental imagery data!
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
NSD-Imagery: A Benchmark Dataset for Extending fMRI Vision Decoding Methods to Mental Imagery
Conference paper:
goo.gl/scholar/wPx1HJ
Dataset:
naturalscenesdataset.org
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All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
May 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All of NIH funding to Northwestern University is frozen. This pause includes noncompeting approved funding, new and competing grants with fundable scores. No reimbursements for money already spent have been received since March. This situation is rarely reported so please Please get the word out!
Reposted by Rodrigo Braga
My med school textbook says stimulants like Ritalin treat hyperactivity by “stimulating” the brain’s attention and cognitive control systems. We studied children taking stimulants in the ABCD Study, and the largest differences were actually in arousal and reward networks! Check out our preprint!
May 22, 2025 at 9:33 PM
My med school textbook says stimulants like Ritalin treat hyperactivity by “stimulating” the brain’s attention and cognitive control systems. We studied children taking stimulants in the ABCD Study, and the largest differences were actually in arousal and reward networks! Check out our preprint!